THE BUZZ
From Romantic Times BOOKreview
RT Top Pick for COLD CASE AFFAIR!
COLD CASE AFFAIR (4.5) by Loreth Anne White: The sad legacy of Safe Harbor, Alaska, is the bomb that killed 12 miners including Muirinn’s father. When her grandfather dies, Muirinn returns home for the first time in years and runs into Jett, the great love of her life, and the reason she’s stayed away. While the passion between them hasn’t died, they both have some big secrets. When Muirinn learns that her grandfather was following up on clues regarding the still unsolved bombing and was murdered, she and Jett vow to finally find out the truth.
White hits the jackpot with this newest addition to the Wild Country series. There’s an intriguing mystery, but the real pull is the passion and magic between this dynamic pair.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
From Romantic Times BOOKreview
MANHUNTER dishes up “Creepy chills” – 1st review is in!
After Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Gabe Caruso can’t save his fiancee from a sadistic serial killer, he has trouble dealing with the guilt. His only consolation is that he put the man in jail. Cutting himself off, Gabe takes a post in Black Arrow Falls, a small town in the Yukon. There, he meets tracker Silver Karvonen, a woman with secrets of her own. Both are stunned to feel the pull of attraction. Then the killer escapes, and Gabe knows that trouble is on the way. Loreth Anne White serves up some creepy chills in Manhunter (4), as a serial killer wages both psychological and physical warfare. This compelling tale, part of the Wild Country series, features two emotionally scarred people who discover that being together makes them stronger.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
From The Romance Reader:
“THE HEART OF A RENEGADE is a skillfully crafted novel, packed with complex characters involved in a well-used plot line; however, it is innovatively done. Loreth Anne White’s pacing is superb, maintaining ever mounting intensity as the story plays out. This story is rich with detail, and a plot that could be expanded to a 450 page hardcover. That said, it does not feel as if it were condensed but evolves in the expected manner only to twist and turn a bit adding interest and suspense. The dynamics between Jessica and Luke are extraordinarily well handled.
White is a very gifted author and whose future novels will be sought out by this reviewer.”
–Thea Davis
A TOP PICK from Romantic Times BOOKreview for THE HEART OF A RENEGADE
“Luke Stone is just like a stone. After his pregnant wife is murdered, he closes up emotionally, until his employer asks him to protect Jessica Chan, who’s a target of the Chinese Triad Dragons for attempting to expose their atrocities. Luke doesn’t want to be responsible for anyone, and he’s surprised to find a kindred spirit in Jessica. When they’re on the run with only each other to lean on, their emotional barriers crumble. The Heart of a Renegade (4.5) is an action ride full of thrills and surprises and a love story that will make your heart beat faster.
Loreth Anne White has expanded her Shadow Soldiers series, and intriguing and dynamic characters continue to make it compelling.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
And a five-star review from CataRomance.com:
From the instance THE HEART OF A RENEGADE starts, one will take an indrawn breath and continue to gasp until the explosive ending. The danger is believably suspenseful with heart-pounding threats, and how they are carried out is terrifying realistic. Just when one thinks all is going smoothly for the hero and heroine, more peril crops up and they must once again fight for their lives.
Luke and Jessica are one of the most endearing couples about whom I have had the pleasure to read, and their compelling story profoundly touched me. Whether they are fleeing from the enemy or expressing exactly how they feel on a subject, their actions are authentic and make them seem very true-to-life. Ms. White had me caring for this couple and what the future holds for them, causing numerous tension-filled moments during the story. THE HEART OF A RENEGADE masterfully evokes images and feelings to create an enthralling plus emotional story which never disappoints.
–Amelia Richard
SEDUCING THE MERCENRY earns Cata award
I am thrilled to learn SEDUCING THE MERCENARY has been named a CataRomance Reviewers Choice award winner for 2007. Thank you to the Cata team!
Bailey Stewart Says:
I know exactly how you feel. I’m a loner by nature so I thought being home with mom wouldn’t be a big deal – but I have to admit that lately I’ve felt very lonely and isolated from everybody else. It sounds like fun – when is it (I know, I could follow the link, but that’s too easy).
Loreth Says:
Its October 20, 21, 22 — with the pre-conference master classes on October 19. Any vague-remote-maybe chance you can come, Bailey? It’s soooo nice and damp and cool here in the fall … *Loreth wiggles the carrot*
I’m still trying to convince Toni and Meretta. I think I just maybeeee might have luck with Toni???? The creator of the BBC Sharpe series — Bernard Cornwell — will be there. *Loreth wiggles the other carrot with evil grin*
Is there an RWA group that meets anywhere near you, Bailey?
Bailey Stewart Says:
Probably, but since I’m having a hard time finding anybody to sit with mom just so I can go to the grocery store I think the chances of me getting to a meeting would be near to impossible. Plus, it’s kind of expensive. But I do have the RWA form printed out and sitting on my desk while I contemplate. You don’t have to be a member of a local to join the national one do you?
I would love to go there – but see above explanation, I’m still trying to figure a day out.
Loreth Says:
Oh goodness, Bailey, I wish there was a way you could get one day off a week. I’m sure you really need it — who doesn’t? Or at least one day off a month where you could maybe attend the writer’s group meeting.
I don’t believe you need to be a local chapter member to be an RWA member — must check on that again. I hope you’re going to enter my Fall contest …. I will be sponsoring a one-year RWA membership for the winner — or a six month Harlequin/Silhouette subscription, should the winner be a reader and not a romance writer
Bailey Stewart Says:
Oh my. Hmmmmm. Don’t I enter all of your contests?
meretta Says:
Oooh. I wish I could go, Loreth. I do, I do, I DO!! But I can’t. Not enough time or money. You’ll gleen so much, though! So happy you’ve (ahem, cough, cough) bitten the bullet.
Loreth Says:
Of course you do, Bailey!! And I love you for it!!! That was just my very unsubtle way of reminding everyone out there about my contest
Meretta … I will take notes!! I will share notes!!
meretta Says:
Thank you!!